A northern New South Wales bookmaker has got it about right on the New England byelection. “Barnaby will be a shorter price than Winx,” he told a National. “And the only one who could beat Barnaby is Winx…

George Brandis said the government was looking very carefully at the question of the validity of the former ministers’ decisions.
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October 29, 2017

In more than an understatement, Malcolm Turnbull opened his news conference after the High Court’s swingeing blow to the government by saying this was “clearly not the outcome we were hoping for”. And…

The High Court declared Barnaby Joyce ineligible to sit in parliament.
AAP/Mick Tsikas
October 27, 2017

While it would have been much easier for the government if Barnaby Joyce had stood aside from cabinet while the High Court determined his parliamentary eligibility, the Nationals leader was too big a fish…

More than 16 million people are eligible to vote in the voluntary survey.
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August 30, 2017